With the February 17 qualifying deadline for the upcoming May primaries having come and gone, the candidate list is now set. The primaries will see several contested races, while other seats will wait until August before facing a challenge.
For the DeKalb County Mayor seat, the race is on in both primaries. Anita T. Puckett will face Matt Adcock and Bradley Hendrix in the Republican primary, while incumbent Tim Stribling will face another challenge from former County Mayor Mike Foster in the Democratic primary.
In the Sheriff’s race, incumbent Patrick Ray will face a challenge in the Republican primary from Keneth Whitehead, with the winner running unopposed in the August General Election.
For DeKalb Road Supervisor, incumbent Danny Hale will run unopposed in the Republican primary after challenger Shane Walker was unable to be certified for the race by the State Highway Board. Hale will face Democratic challenger Wayne Shehane for the seat in the August General Election.
The race for the seat of retiring Register of Deeds, Jeff McMillen, will see Daniel Seber unopposed in the Republican primary, and Shelby Reeder unopposed in the Democratic primary. Both will square off against each other in the August race.
There will be three incumbent Republicans that will run unopposed in both the primary and August election. James L. “Jimmy” Poss will face no opposition for County Clerk, Sean Driver will be unopposed for the Trustee seat, and Susan L. Martin will face no challenger for her Circuit Court Clerk position.
The race for the eight-year seat of retiring General Sessions Judge Bratten H. Cook, II, is crowded with Mingy Kay Ball and Brandon J. Cox running against each other in the Republican primary, while Tecia Puckett Pryor and Margie Rigsby Miller are facing each other in the Democratic primary. The winner of each race will run against each other on August.
In addition, there are several people in the running for County Commission seats, as well as DeKalb Board of Education seats.
Those who have qualified for the Republican Primary are:
Anita T. Puckett – County Mayor
Matthew N. “Matt” Adcock – County Mayor
Patrick R. Ray – Sheriff (Incumbent)
Keneth Lee Whitehead – Sheriff
James L. “Jimmy” Poss – County Clerk (Incumbent)
Susan L. Martin – Circuit Court Clerk (Incumbent)
Sean D. Driver – Trustee (Incumbent)
Daniel A. Seber – Register of Deeds
Danny Lynn Hale – Superintendent of Roads (Incumbent)
Mingy Kay Ball – General Sessions Court Judge
Brandon J. Cox – General Sessions Court Judge
Tomas E. Chandler – County Commission, District 1
Bennett Armstrong – County Commissioner, District 1
Sabrina Farler – County Commissioner, District 2 (Incumbent)
James David “Jim” Pearson – County Commissioner, District 2
Tim Perricone – County Commission, District 3
Gregory S. Matthews – County Commissioner, District 4
Tony L. “Cully” Culwell – County Commissioner, District 4
Dan Delacruz – County Commissioner, District 4
Jerry D. Adcock – County Commissioner, District 5 (Incumbent)
Steve Randall Merriman Sr. – County Commissioner, District 5
Glynn Merriman – County Commissioner, District 5
Larry L. Green – County Commissioner, District 5
Joshua E. Holloway – County Commissioner, District 5
Justin Douglas Adcock – County Commissioner, District 6
Doug Stephens – County Commissioner, District 6
Boyd Bruce Malone – County Commissioner, District 7 (Incumbent)
Timothy Brian Reynolds – County Commissioner, District 7
Thomas Alan Hayes – Board of Education (School Board), District 2 (Incumbent)
James W. Beshearse – Board of Education (School Board), District 3 (Incumbent)
Eric Ervin, Board of Education (School Board), District 4
Ryan Wayne Mollinet – Board of Education (School Board), District 7
Those who have qualified for the Democratic Primary are:
Tim Stribling – County Mayor (Incumbent)
Mike Foster – County Mayor
Shelby D. Reeder – Register of Deeds
Wayne Shehane – Road Supervisor
Tecia Puckett Pryor – General Sessions Judge
Margie Rigsby Miller – General Sessions Judge
Julie Ann Young – County Commissioner, District 1 (Incumbent)
Billy Myron Rhody – County Commissioner, District 2 (Incumbent)
Susannah Cripps Daughtry – County Commissioner, District 3 (Incumbent)
Jenny A. Trapp – County Commissioner, District 3 (Incumbent)
Jack E. Barton, III – County Commissioner, District 3
Janice M. Fish Stewart – County Commissioner, District 4 (Incumbent)
Jeffery David Barnes – County Commissioner, District 6 (Incumbent)
Danny L. McGinnis – County Commission, District 6
Mary Elizabeth “Beth” Pafford – County Commissioner, District 7 (Incumbent)
Scott Little – Board of Education (School Board), District 4 32
The duplicate petitions have also been filed in DeKalb County from the following candidates in the 13th Judicial District:
Republican Primary:
William T. “Will” Ridley – Circuit Court Judge Part I – 13th Judicial District
Jonathan Young – Circuit Court Judge Part II – 13th District (Incumbent)
Wesley Bray – Criminal Court Judge Part II – 13th Judicial District
Caroline E. Knight – Circuit Court Judge Part II – 13th District
Craig P. Fickling, Jr. – Public Defender – 13th Judicial District (Incumbent)
Gary S. McKenzie – Criminal Court Judge Part I – 13th Judicial District (Incumbent)
Bryant C. Dunaway – District Attorney General – 13th Judicial District (Incumbent)
Ronald Thurman – Chancellor – 13th Judicial District (Incumbent) 40
Those who have qualified for the August General Election as Independent candidates are:
Amy Turnbull Hollars – Circuit Court Judge Part 1 13th Judicial District (Incumbent)
Robert Anthony “Tony” Luna – County Commissioner, District 3
Daniel D. Cripps – County Commissioner, District 3
Wayne Cantrell – County Commissioner, District 4
Robert D. Parkerson, Jr – Board of Education (School Board), District 1 (Incumbent)
Tony Poss – Board of Education (School Board), District 4
Emitt Shaun Tubbs – Board of Education (Incumbent), District 7
Candidates who have picked up petitions for local city elections are as follows:
City of Alexandria
Jana Beth Tripp – Alderman
City of Liberty
Kendra Stanford – Alderman
William H Reynolds – Alderman
City of Smithville
Beth Chandler – Alderman (returned)
Don Crook – Alderman
Rhonda Tiefenauer – Alderman
Joshua Miller – Mayor (returned)
The Republican and Democratic primaries will be held on Tuesday, May 3. Winners of the May primaries will square off against each other in the August 4, DeKalb County General Election along with any properly qualified Independent candidates. The local election office is open Monday-Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and is located on the first floor of the DeKalb County Courthouse.
